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Pidgin Multiple Vulnerabilities (Sep 2009) - Linux

🗓️ 03 Sep 2009 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AGType 
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Pidgin Multiple Vulnerabilities (Sep 2009) - Linux. Vulnerabilities in Pidgin version 2.6.0 on Linux can allow attackers to obtain sensitive information and cause application crashes

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800930");
  script_version("2024-02-08T05:05:59+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-08 05:05:59 +0000 (Thu, 08 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-09-03 16:18:01 +0200 (Thu, 03 Sep 2009)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-3025", "CVE-2009-3026");
  script_name("Pidgin Multiple Vulnerabilities (Sep 2009) - Linux");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/36384/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=35");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=542891");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/19/2");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("secpod_pidgin_detect_lin.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("Pidgin/Lin/Ver");
  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will let the attacker obtain sensitive information
  by sniffing XMPP sessions and cause application crash.");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Pidgin version 2.6.0 on Linux");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"- The application connects to Jabberd servers that are not fully compliant
   with the XMPP specifications without encryption, even if the
   'Require SSL/TLS' setting is configured.

  - An error occurs in compililg libpurple while processing malicious links
   received via the Yahoo Messenger protocol.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Pidgin version 2.6.1.");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Pidgin is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  exit(0);
}

include("version_func.inc");

pidginVer = get_kb_item("Pidgin/Lin/Ver");
if(!pidginVer)
  exit(0);

if(version_is_equal(version:pidginVer, test_version:"2.6.0")){
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:pidginVer, vulnerable_range:"Equal to 2.6.0");
  security_message(port: 0, data: report);
}

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